Reduced vibration perception in right hands of normal subjects: an acquired abnormality?

P.G. Wiles; S.M. Pearce; P.J.S. Rice; J.M.O. Mitchell

Reduced vibration perception in right hands of normal subjects: an acquired abnormality?

P.G. Wiles, S.M. Pearce, P.J.S. Rice, J.M.O. Mitchell

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Abstract

We have measured the vibration perception threshold (VPT) in a large number of normal subjects with the aim of producing accurate age related percentile charts to allow simple, quantitative assessment of neuropathy at the bedside. During this study we noticed that the VPT for right thumbs was often greater than for the left suggesting that in the general population right hands may be less sensitive to vibration than left hands.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	715-716
Number of pages	1
Journal	British Journal of Industrial Medicine
Volume	47
Issue number	10
Publication status	Published - Oct 1990

Keywords

vibration perception threshold
VPT
right handedness

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